Patreon post with advanced fair isle tips: www.patreon.com/posts/advanced-fair-65706735 Errata: at 27:30 I accidentally said that I used the white as the dominant color at the bottom when in fact it was the blue yarn. The pictures on my blog are correct! ☕️ Support my work and become a patron: www.patreon.com/nimbleneedlez 🧑🎓Free knitting school: nimble-needles.com/learn-to-knit-for-beginners/ 🧶 My knitting tools: nimble-needles.com/wool-and-tools/my-knitting-toolkit-essential-items-i-need-for-every-project/ 👕 My patterns: nimble-needles.com/free-knitting-patterns/ 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/nimbleneedlez/ And feel free to comment any time if you have a question. No need to be shy! :)
@@NimbleNeedles I do enjoy it. And thanks to your videos I'm learning more about how the stitches work, how to spot mistakes, and how to improve my knitting. I definitely appreciate not only how great the information you share is but also how wholesome amd encouraging your videos are.
Today a friend found some hats I made for her over 20 years ago! She sent me pictures and I told her, ‘I don’t really knit fun stuff like that anymore!’ I meant the same as charming! My early hats were charmingly self made!
My knitting is divided into two eras. BNE (Before Norman Era): messy ribbing, socks make me cry, only one color, s t r e s s f u l. ANE (After Norman Era): neat ribbing, happy socks, know how to read knitting, 🌈COLORFUL🌈, every stitch is joy.
I wish I had seen this before knitting a fair isle hat with slick bamboo yarn! I love that your lessons work for beginners and experienced knitters. I watch even when the subject is something I think I know how to do because I always end up learning something. My projects look better than ever.
I'm an English style knitter who actually likes to purl. Thanks for all of the theory because it makes me think twice before attempting a project. I'm really slow at knitting so if I make too many mistakes or get frustrated on every row, the project will be frogged and wind up in my crochet pile.
Great video Norman! I just finished my first jumper with colorwork. Regrettably, I have to make another to make changes to the pattern to fit better. My circular knitting needles (Prym) broke where the cable joins the needle; so I have to pickup lots of stitches. Has that ever happened to you?
Just started my first fair isle project. I knit English style, and I'm not confident in holding both strands at once yet, but even with dropping the yarn, I have great tension thanks to this video
ive done the similar technique in crochet, and a very small amount in a hat, but im hoping to make a vest with color work so im here to review! very helpful
I have not ever seen this method. I am a continental knitter but always knit Fair Isle two handed. I also really don't like floats so I weave my floats. Always interesting to see new methods.
I also knit my colorwork two handed, It really helps me keep it neat and tidy, and I weave long floats into the back side of stitches if the run is more than 6 stitches long. It really seems to keep it all in order.
I'm starting my first big-ish fair-isle project (a cowl) and I am so grateful you posted this video when you did 😅. I made a little practice fair-isle project a few weeks ago, which was a little coffee mug cozy, and it came out pretty cute but you can definitely tell it was made by a beginner lol. This video helped a lot and taught me a lot of things that will hopefully improve the outcome of my new project. Thank you!!
You have the best tips and tricks! And you always explain everything so well. I struggle with my tension while knitting stranded colorwork and this video is just what I needed. I’m going to put a few of these ideas to use and we’ll see how I do. Thank you for sharing all of your boundless knowledge.
Aaaah that trick with flipping one of the strands is excellent 👏👏 i've watched a bunch of videos about knitting with both strands in one hand and this is the first one to have this tip even tho it seems so obvious in hindsight!! 👏👏👏👏👏
I'm excited to learn to knit. Omg I can't wait to get a set of needles. I have my eye on the chiaboo interchangeable set and the minis. The Forte ones look amazing but sold out. You are a fantastic yarn artist. Love your channel. I love to just watch you knit.
Wow... I always found my tension wonky with Fair Isle because I do a two-handed method so there is uneven tension. grrr... I was not sure how to hold two colors in one hand and now I saw how it can be done. I will give this a try! Thank you Norman!
This is just what I needed to see! Just bought the yarn and pattern for my first fair isle Icelandic sweater. Although, I might give holding one colour in each hand a go at least on a swatch minimum. I primarily knit English, but I'm proficient enough at Continental to be comfortable enough and my tension in the latter is only a little tighter than my tension when I knit English.
Of course, try it all and see what works best for you! That's why I listed all the alternatives 😊 tho, if you hold then in both hands, you need a slightly different technique for catching floats
In terms of visual design, color dominance also refers to which colors will pop when you look at the design. So if a muted palette sweater has a pop of bright yellow in it, that may be one of the dominant colors because it's so noticeable and can't "hide" in the rest of the design. I think these are two different things, so that's just from the visual perspective. Thank you for the valuable info about floats, I am driving deep on fair isle lately and love the even tension you're able to achieve. Lovely!
I really appreciate this information. I understood color work techniques well when I was knitting English style, but now that I knit Continental, a lot is new again. I still understand the basics, but the nuances of using the Continental method, I'm still learning. So, thank you for such good tutorials. I really appreciate it.
@@NimbleNeedles absolutely. I'm starting a linen stitch cowl today, I figure it would be good for trying again. I've been knitting for almost 60 yrs, still find knitting fun, relaxing, and rewarding, and still so much to learn. You're a great teacher!
don't say this. A) careful blocking and fixing mistakes goes into all my swatches and projects. And that's something you can learn and do yourself. B) I have been knitting for well over 30 years now. So, with practise i am sure you will get there some day!
Timestamps for myself !! Background color on top , contrast/dominant on left/bottom when knitting When purling background color bottom, dominant top BUT dominant twisting under the background one Knit: Catch dominant color 7:58 Catch background color 9:18 Purl: background 15:50 contrast 16:40
I’m an English knitter, so when I started learning stranded color work netting, I kept one color in my right hand to throw, and I picked the other color with my left hand. I had to be careful with my tension, and make sure that I kept the stitches stretched out for the floats, but I found this technique to work very well with working with two colors in strand color work/fair isle. Also keep one ball to the right and one ball to the left so that your yarn don’t get twisted.
Thank you for this video! I'm trying fare isle knitting for couple of years and I already found by myself many tricks you talked about. But not all! Why I didn't find your video before? I'm happy for those knitters who would find it in the beginning of their way. And definitely: it needs A LOT of practise to master this!
I am not afraid to do a fair isle sweater anymore, but before watching some of your videos, I did not have the confidence I needed to get started. Thank you for helping me know I can do anything I put my mind to. My Norwegian grandma taught me to knit, but she was not as good at explaining things as you are. It will take a long time for me to watch all the videos you have available, but I am addicted and am really enjoying learning new techniques and enforcing some that I already do.
Norman, you are simply amazing! I so love ALL your tutorials. You're so awesome at explaining the good and bad of various techniques and resolutions where possible. Your tutorials have hoped me become a self-taught knitter, and to improve with each one I watch. I just wanted to say Thank You for encouraging the rest of us. Have a wonderful day!
Norman! Your videos have been instrumental in my knitting. I would not know a quarter of the things I do without your videos. Thank you for the time and dedication you have put into your skills and these videos!
Great and clear and sharp. You're funny too. I always come back to your teachings. Thank you for your excellent teaching and super sharp videoing. So well done!
After watching many Arnie and Carlos videos, I do not at all believe that there is yarn dominance. According to them, as long as your tension is even, no color will be dominant over another. Therefore, I’m very careful with my tension (not too good yet, but I’m working on it) so that color dominance is not an issue. FairIsle is what they do. I do very much love your videos, but politely disagree on the dominance issue. Thank you for your great advice.
Okay, i really respect Arne and Carlos for everything they did for the knitting community. But the way they even joke about yarn dominance is so disrespectful and rude and it actually made be unfollow them. The way they knit, makes it less relevant (altho not totally). But not everyone does norwegian knitting and not everyone just knits in the round, and the very second you leave that path, yarn dominance starts to matter. And to joke about that just..i dunno..it's not how I see knitting and I would ever treat a fellow knitter. You don't laugh about someones problems and convinctions. It's very unbecoming :( Yarn dominance is a very real thing for Continental and English knitters and very easy to explain (99% of the books explain it wrong, tho). I recently did a full Patreon exclusive episode about it: www.patreon.com/posts/advanced-fair-65706735 Also just a well-meant tip. Tension has literally nothing to do with yarn dominance.
Another excellent tutorial! I have been cautious about knitting Norwegian mittens because of my tension issues. You have given us more than three methods to be consistent with tension.
I wanted to thank you for this video. I'm about to knit my first cardigan and while I've knit fair isle before I've never done it flat so I feel so lucky that I found your video just before I started my second swatch!
Thanks for all the various yarn techniques. I have made a number of stranded sweaters this past year and some were great and others pretty bad. I live in coastal California, so I end up doing cotton quite often, and it is harder to make color work look good. In fact my one cotton intarsia did look better than my cotton stranded, one of which got frogged and the other given away! I have a cotton stranded wip, hopefully your tips will give me the impetus to pick it up again.
I sure hope it will. But yeah, cotton is not the easiest thread to do fair isle with. Have you considered going for a cotton blend? There are quite some that are a little bit more fuzzy.
I always thought I had to pull the unused yarn when changing from one needle to another when knitting colourwork on dpns. Your explanation on keeping the floats loose instead makes so much sense. Pythagoras theorem!
Intersting and informative video...however, what you demonstrated is STRANDED KNITTING...not Fair Isle. FAIR ISLE is a form -- a very SPECIFIC form of Stranded knitting. True fair isle depends on symmetry top and bottom and side to side with designated patterns: borders, perrie patterns, X's and O's, etc.... Indeed, Fair Isle is a form of strandedd knitting....but not all stranded knitting is Fair Isle!
Yes, about 100 years ago that was the case. These days, 90% of all knitters use both terms interchangeable. Language changes, I guess. And even knitting traditions.
Still swatchin 1x1 ribbing. Came across Carlos & Arne. So Now I'm doing the opposite. Twisted knit st, Norwegian purl. Gonna switch back to combination next and see what I think. I think twisting the knit exaggerates the longer purl bars. Twisting the purl maybe better in this case. Don't know if I'm supposed to be twisting both? Is that possible? Hm. What say you?
Thank you so much for the tips for using the knitting thimble. I got one after watching your double knitting videos but I was nervous to try it because I wasn't sure which color to use on which side or how to tension and now you've explained so well that I am going to try it! Love your videos!!
For advanced knitters, you need a circular needle. Stat at the neck with your, main background colour, then knit your fair isle pattern as far as the top of the arms. Now transfer it to normal 2 knitting needles to continue to rest of the jumper./sweater. It give a particularly good fit and looks amazing, as your pattern, goes out from the neck, and is extra stunning because it 's not stitched - just one continuous knitted entity.
I always love your videos as you are so clear in your instructions, but, I have to take a couple of issues with part of this one. Colour dominance has nothing to do with which colour is dominant and everything to do with tension. If you talk to actual Fair Isle, Shetland, Icelandic, or Norwegian knitters who knit in colour work all the time they have no idea what this North American thing called 'colour dominance' is. They switch colours and knit from either side without any difference, because they never lose tension. Arne and Carlos have a good video on this and, as they are both Norwegian professional knitters, they are a good example. My other issue if the reference to 'English' knitting. It is not English, it is UK. All the four nations of the UK knit in the same way, it is not limited to the English. I do wish i could master the continental style as it would be useful, but I end up in a spider's web every time I try.....even with your instructions :)
I have seen arne and Carlos video where they joke about color dominance in a very condescending way. Was quite cringe worthy, to say the least. Color dominance has to do with the way floats cross and absolutely nothing with tension. Due to arne and Carlos techniques, they don't experience it..or rather...it's always the same half leg that gets drawn below with every color change on ALL sides. Either way, if you want to know more about the science behind it, i have a video on patreon that explains it in much greater detail. Suffice to say, anyone who thinks tension would fix color dominance just doesn't understand knitting a lot, yet. No problem. But i'd be very careful to berate others over it. Comes across a bit weird 🙈
Hallo norman. Vielen Dank, für die ausführliche erklärung. Der tipp, die maschen immer nach rechts zu schieben (streching) ist gold wert. Ich werde nochmal üben gehen. Ich denke auch, so ein fingerhut für die fadentrennung ist eine investition wert. Das sieht für mich (als fair isle anfänger) mit fingerhut einfacher aus. Vielen Dank, für deine Geduld und Mühe. Ein klasse video!!! Liebe Grüße Susann
Nach zwei Jahren hast Du bestimmt das Dingen schon besorgt. Ich kam mit dem so gar nicht klar. In einem anderen Video geshen: ein Ringfinger Ring passt bei mir supergut auf die Zeigefingerkuppe und hält mit Stein die Fäden schön auseinander, und klemmt sie perfekt gerade so ein bisschen ein, dass minimal, aber nicht gar keine Spannung, da ist. UND ist viel hübscher als das Dingen. 😊 Wenn ich die Maschen einmal über und einmal unter den mitlaufenden Faden stricke, also alle floats catche (no floats), ist das Ergebnis erstaunlich stretchy und vor allem ultraneat und hübsch auf der Rückseite. (bei einer Norweger Jacke sieht man ja öfter die Innenseite) Begeisterung pur!! Bin durch unzählige Videos, aber fand beide Fäden rechts oder einen je Hand. Oder nur rechte Maschen. Hätte mal lieber gleich bei Norman gesucht. Veni, vidi, stricki!!
Love your instructions, they’re clear, easy to follón and charming. My first “Fair Isle” (more intarsia with lots of Long flotas to tuck on their way though) project that will not look so much “charmingly self-made” 🙂 i remember will my first steps in knitting intarsia back in early high school days and that is more than 35 years ago (damn, I’m getting old!). Those were “Keith Haring” figures dancing around the lower end of a pullover and as it was back in the 1980s, the pullover had to be black and the figures were neon. LOL 😆
Exactly what I needed exactly when I needed it as I change to Continental knitting to tackle Ann Feld's Eternity Shawl (never mind the other two projects I started this year). But my burning question is - what is the brand of your lovely golden fountain pen? I am pretty sure I require one.
Fair Isle and colorwork are not interchangeable terms... This is not Fair Isle. I understand what you're trying to teach, but you should know the difference.
yes...up until 50 years ago, Fair Isle knitting was a name used for a regional pattern variety of stranded knitting. These days and in every day speach, 99% of all knitters use it interchangeably - especially as the traditional designs and knitters on the Shetland Islands came to encompass a broader range of colors (barely anyone knits with natural dyes anymore) and do bridge more than 4 stitches as well. Language changes, and so does knitting. My video reflects that.
Thanks for the help! I'm hoping this makes my project less lumpy lol. I was catching the string every stitch and I don't know, things looked weird and not flat at all. Of course I found THREE patterns of colorwork I want to do 😅 lol wish me luck guys!
I'm an absolute beginner, and I think there is one crucial thing missing from this video: how do you even start a new project with not one but two strands of yarn? 🤷♂
maybe this will help: ruclips.net/video/dmFU59ELIlg/видео.html typically you cast-on using one color only and then join in the second color in the first row.
Thanks a lot for helpful hints - makes working much easier. Suppose the consumption of material is about 80-100 % higher using this technique depending on the pattern, isn't it? But looks so cute!
yeah. I mean, I am not sure about the percentage and it's probably closer to 60 - 70 percent but it does use a lot more yarna nd the fabric will be much thicker as well.
I'm trying my best to learn this and I keep getting back to your videos for guidens. My issue is that one of the strands gets very loose after knitting a few stitches with the other one. It's as if that one is dragging it along. What I mean is the tension of the strand i'm not currently using is suddenly very loose so that I have to fix the tension all the time. Very annoying. If you understand what I mean, then I'm wondering if you perhaps have a suggestion? I wish I could show you somehow :) Let's say you are knitting with your blue yarn. And both strands are well tensioned when you start. You knit 4 stitches with blue and suddenly you notice that the green one has lost it's tension while you where knitting. I don't have tension problems with just one strand, but with two, they seem to affect each other when wrapped around my fingers, like in the video. I have one of those finger-items as well that has never really been used. I will try that as well. Purling is still a mystery too :) Can you hold it like above while purling as well?
i totally understand and your explanation is perfectly acute. So yes, you are somewhat dragging the yarn along. this is one reason why some people knit with either yarn held in a different hand. So left hand does continental, right hand does english knitting. THat would be the solution. In traditional fair isle, you only knit 3 max 4 stitches in one color, so it typically never is a big issue, at least not for me. And yes, you can use the finger rings for purling as well.
Great video. Unfortunately knitting thimbles, nor the way you suggest of wrapping the yarn around your finger, work for people who pick the yarn from close to the finger (in the way taught by Arne and Carlos, for example)
That's certainly true but ...well it's a bit like saying a knitting sheath does nothing for portugese knitting 😅 different styles require different adjustments and my channel is focused on continental knitting 🤷♂️ besides, the second knitting thimble I show works for Norwegian style knitting.
Hopefully this question makes sense 😅 so when you're doing the steps with your needle, is that the stitch that's actually attaching the yarn in the back or is it the next regular stitch? Lol. So for example I want to go only 4 stitches before attaching, so I'd go "Knit, Knit, Knit, Knit with twisty needle steps, Knit and new bump in the back attaching yarn"
I am not sure I understand the question or the context of it. But the first stitch in the new color will also trap the color of the other yarn in the back and "attach" it.
Thank you, Norman! I’ve just finished my first successful stranded colourwork project and I am so excited for my next. Previously I’ve only tried mittens as I thought a small project was a good idea, but double pointed needles was definitely not a good idea. I ended up with one mitten that was too small and one that was gigantic. But now I implemented a lot of your tips and made a gorgeous jumper for a four year old in my family. I can’t wait for her to wear it.
Great video! I think this is actually the first good video that shows purling in fair isle including the twisting of stitches when turning your work. I don’t think I seen than explained anywhere yet. Also, maybe I’m confused but when you talk about yarn dominance, the bottom row of 3white stitches that recede a little you said white was dominant. I thought the dominant would be the one not receding?
Curious. Does anyone else use both hands when knitting fair isles? I put one color in my right hand and the other in my left. I know he brought this up, but I’ve never tried putting two colors in one hand 🤷🏻♀️
lot's of people do that. Most people end up with a mixed gauge but if that doesn't concern you, then nothing whatsoever speaks against it under normal circumstances. My channel is about continental knitting, tho.
I don't know if it's because I knit with one colour in each hand but after extensive tests, it doesn't work for me switching colour to respect colour dominance while knitting flat. I need to always have the same colour in my left hand and the same colour in my right hand. I'm just commenting in case it helps someone else. I know that you are a continental knitter!
Norman, I have knitted several fair isle sweaters, but I hate the jog every beginning of the round! I have slipped the first stitch and it looks ugly. Is there anyway to disguise that ugly jog, please?
Just before 16:40 timestamp your green yarn is on top and the blue yarn on the bottom untwisted. But when you get to 16:40 somehow the green is now behind the blue yarn when you go to catch it. I cannot figure out how that's possible?? Am I missing something??? ❤️❤️❤️
well, you could always play the video in slow motion (hit the settings button). maybe this will help. Other than that, I can't really do more than show you how I do it ;-)
not me sitting here panicking about how to knit the back side while holding the yarn in front... thank you for reminding me that i will in fact be purling the wrong side! 🤦♀ lol
Thank you for such a detailed video!!! I am new to fair isle knitting, and I have a question: since you are trying to keep the tension loose especially between dpns, won't that create a ladder?
well, I guess if you keep it too loose that will happen. So...you kind of need to experiement around a bit. As a beginner, you might try the traveling magic loop technique where this is not an issue.
yes, I would totally recommend that. Or rather...sometimes it's better to use a size lower for the stockientte stitch. YOu don't want your fair isle to be too loose.
Thank you, the beginner knitalong group on Ravelry is doing stranded colourwork mittens this month and I'm very glad for the advice. Trying to deal with two different yarns at the same time feels very much like being a complete beginner at knitting all over again.
well, if you have an easier way to teach this, go ahead and share your thoughts or maybe record a video yourself. The knitting world needs more diversity!
Your videos are clear, intelligent and wonderful. I have a suggestion. I often hear how "simple" certain techniques are. This is often not true for me. I need a lot of practice with anything new. Saying how simple things are is misleading for most of us new to the new technique.
then you misunderstand me. The technique IS simple but of course that doesn't mean that you built up enough knitting muscle memory that it's simple for you yet. So, it's more like a "it's that simple, here, let me take you buy the hand and we'll do it step by step and you'll learn it in no time" kind of encouragement. And judging from previous comments here on my channel, that's how the majority of users perceive it as well. Not saying your feedback isn't valid. Just trying to make you understand why I say it. Our brain works in strange ways, and telling somebody something is complicated will instantly set them on a more difficult path because they brain enters a different mode.
This was the only good colorwork video with purl stitches for continental knitters. I tried the thimble and must say I love knitting with both yarns in the left hand but the purl stitches were giving me so many problems. Thank you soo much!!!
This is completely unrelated, though I do often use and refer others to your videos for knitting tips. Is that a Lamy and which brand of ink do you use??
That's an idea to knit fair isle twohanded. I am proficient in continental knitting but have always knitted fair isle in the english style because I found it quicker than changing the yarn continental style. So twohanded will speed up the knitting. Thanks for the instruction.
Thank you so much for this informative tutorial! I just purchased yarn for my first fair isle project and it was as if you were sensing my fear. The calm and kind way that you explain everything has made me confident and ready to cast on. Thank you.
That I sadly cannot do, sorry. But there are tons of tutorials out there who do that. I'm sure you'll find something that fits. (PS: I have a lot of loyal fans from Canada who do knit continental ;-))
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I love how you teach, thanks for explaining well. Greetings from Chile
Charmingly self-made is the best description I could apply to most of my projects.
I'm very sure that is not true. But even if it were, it's a hobby and it's about the joy it brings you ❤
Same 😂
@@NimbleNeedles I do enjoy it. And thanks to your videos I'm learning more about how the stitches work, how to spot mistakes, and how to improve my knitting. I definitely appreciate not only how great the information you share is but also how wholesome amd encouraging your videos are.
Today a friend found some hats I made for her over 20 years ago! She sent me pictures and I told her, ‘I don’t really knit fun stuff like that anymore!’ I meant the same as charming! My early hats were charmingly self made!
I thought that was such a fantastic way to describe it! ❤️
My knitting is divided into two eras.
BNE (Before Norman Era): messy ribbing, socks make me cry, only one color, s t r e s s f u l.
ANE (After Norman Era): neat ribbing, happy socks, know how to read knitting, 🌈COLORFUL🌈, every stitch is joy.
aww...thank you yunai!
Omg.. I love your comment
I agree!
Norman, your videos are by far the most helpful that I’ve come across. Thank you so much 🙏
You truly set the Gold Standard for explaining knitting techniques.
oh wow! happy to hear that!
I wish I had seen this before knitting a fair isle hat with slick bamboo yarn! I love that your lessons work for beginners and experienced knitters. I watch even when the subject is something I think I know how to do because I always end up learning something. My projects look better than ever.
You are so welcome, Gina! happy to hear my videos are illuminating even for experienced knitters!
I'm an English style knitter who actually likes to purl. Thanks for all of the theory because it makes me think twice before attempting a project. I'm really slow at knitting so if I make too many mistakes or get frustrated on every row, the project will be frogged and wind up in my crochet pile.
Maybe look into Portuguese knitting? I find it a lot faster! The tension comes from the front so it’s just a flick of the thumb to make the stitch
As usual, Norman, your tutorials are so easy to comprehend. I love your style! I learn so much each time I watch. Thank you!
Great video Norman! I just finished my first jumper with colorwork. Regrettably, I have to make another to make changes to the pattern to fit better. My circular knitting needles (Prym) broke where the cable joins the needle; so I have to pickup lots of stitches. Has that ever happened to you?
To me personally? Only once. But it is common enough. Knitting needles are tools and as such they will break eventually. Just like any other tool.😥
Prym? I thought they were supposed to be great needles like their Crochet hooks. 🤔
Just started my first fair isle project. I knit English style, and I'm not confident in holding both strands at once yet, but even with dropping the yarn, I have great tension thanks to this video
ive done the similar technique in crochet, and a very small amount in a hat, but im hoping to make a vest with color work so im here to review! very helpful
I have not ever seen this method. I am a continental knitter but always knit Fair Isle two handed. I also really don't like floats so I weave my floats. Always interesting to see new methods.
Yeah, I feel, even if you don't incorporate something into your own knitting, new techniques will still give u new ideas 😊😊
I also knit my colorwork two handed, It really helps me keep it neat and tidy, and I weave long floats into the back side of stitches if the run is more than 6 stitches long. It really seems to keep it all in order.
as an absolute total beginner I can confirm that this is actually pretty easy to follow and understand. top video.
I'm starting my first big-ish fair-isle project (a cowl) and I am so grateful you posted this video when you did 😅. I made a little practice fair-isle project a few weeks ago, which was a little coffee mug cozy, and it came out pretty cute but you can definitely tell it was made by a beginner lol. This video helped a lot and taught me a lot of things that will hopefully improve the outcome of my new project. Thank you!!
I sure hope it did. Have fun knitting your cowl! 😊🧶
(my favorite knitting youtuber talks about Fair Isle knitting !!!! )
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! 🤩
*blush* my pleasure, Maria 😊🧶
You have the best tips and tricks! And you always explain everything so well. I struggle with my tension while knitting stranded colorwork and this video is just what I needed. I’m going to put a few of these ideas to use and we’ll see how I do. Thank you for sharing all of your boundless knowledge.
Aaaah that trick with flipping one of the strands is excellent 👏👏 i've watched a bunch of videos about knitting with both strands in one hand and this is the first one to have this tip even tho it seems so obvious in hindsight!! 👏👏👏👏👏
happy to hear your search has finally come to end end
This is the tutorial i needed right now !
Awesome. Glad I can be there for you ❤
I'm excited to learn to knit. Omg I can't wait to get a set of needles. I have my eye on the chiaboo interchangeable set and the minis. The Forte ones look amazing but sold out.
You are a fantastic yarn artist. Love your channel. I love to just watch you knit.
Wow thank you soooo much . Finely I have a tutorial I like.
Thank you thank you
My pleasure, Barb ❤🧶
Very good tesion tips, Thanks !
Glad you think so, nicole. Always nice to see a familiar face here in the comments ❤🧶
Wow... I always found my tension wonky with Fair Isle because I do a two-handed method so there is uneven tension. grrr... I was not sure how to hold two colors in one hand and now I saw how it can be done. I will give this a try! Thank you Norman!
This is just what I needed to see! Just bought the yarn and pattern for my first fair isle Icelandic sweater. Although, I might give holding one colour in each hand a go at least on a swatch minimum. I primarily knit English, but I'm proficient enough at Continental to be comfortable enough and my tension in the latter is only a little tighter than my tension when I knit English.
Of course, try it all and see what works best for you! That's why I listed all the alternatives 😊 tho, if you hold then in both hands, you need a slightly different technique for catching floats
In terms of visual design, color dominance also refers to which colors will pop when you look at the design. So if a muted palette sweater has a pop of bright yellow in it, that may be one of the dominant colors because it's so noticeable and can't "hide" in the rest of the design. I think these are two different things, so that's just from the visual perspective.
Thank you for the valuable info about floats, I am driving deep on fair isle lately and love the even tension you're able to achieve. Lovely!
yes, that's certainly another aspect to consider. thank you for mentioning it.
I really appreciate this information. I understood color work techniques well when I was knitting English style, but now that I knit Continental, a lot is new again. I still understand the basics, but the nuances of using the Continental method, I'm still learning. So, thank you for such good tutorials. I really appreciate it.
I've always knit Fair Isle with English and Continental together.... oddly enough, I can't seem to knit Continental alone lol
That's interesting. But I guess there's a different kind of tension needed 🤔
@@NimbleNeedles absolutely. I'm starting a linen stitch cowl today, I figure it would be good for trying again. I've been knitting for almost 60 yrs, still find knitting fun, relaxing, and rewarding, and still so much to learn. You're a great teacher!
Your work looks like a machine did it... Like, will I EVER get to even a tenth of your level of greatness?? No. No, I will not.
don't say this. A) careful blocking and fixing mistakes goes into all my swatches and projects. And that's something you can learn and do yourself.
B) I have been knitting for well over 30 years now. So, with practise i am sure you will get there some day!
What are the chances. Yesterday I tried it for the first time and had some trouble.
I can read minds...well I wish 😅
Timestamps for myself !!
Background color on top , contrast/dominant on left/bottom when knitting
When purling background color bottom, dominant top BUT dominant twisting under the background one
Knit: Catch dominant color 7:58 Catch background color 9:18
Purl: background 15:50 contrast 16:40
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@@NimbleNeedles please absolutely ignore my comment this is just timestamps for myself 😂
I’m an English knitter, so when I started learning stranded color work netting, I kept one color in my right hand to throw, and I picked the other color with my left hand. I had to be careful with my tension, and make sure that I kept the stitches stretched out for the floats, but I found this technique to work very well with working with two colors in strand color work/fair isle. Also keep one ball to the right and one ball to the left so that your yarn don’t get twisted.
ありがとうございます。わかりやすい動画です。本当に役に立ちました。
Very glad to hear that. (Sorry for not responding in Japanese but I'm not at home and I haven't installed Japanese on it yet😅)
大丈夫です。コメントしてくれてありがとうございます。
Your timing is perfect. I just found a hat pattern that said it was good for your first fair isle project and picked my yarn. Thank you Norman!! 🧶💕🧶
Hope this video will help you knitting it 😊😊🧶
Thank you for this video!
I'm trying fare isle knitting for couple of years and I already found by myself many tricks you talked about. But not all! Why I didn't find your video before?
I'm happy for those knitters who would find it in the beginning of their way.
And definitely: it needs A LOT of practise to master this!
Great video. Have already saved it to my list of knitting tutorials. Very clear, and and useful. Thank you.
I am not afraid to do a fair isle sweater anymore, but before watching some of your videos, I did not have the confidence I needed to get started. Thank you for helping me know I can do anything I put my mind to. My Norwegian grandma taught me to knit, but she was not as good at explaining things as you are. It will take a long time for me to watch all the videos you have available, but I am addicted and am really enjoying learning new techniques and enforcing some that I already do.
Of course you can. But be patient with yourself and maybe practice a bit on a little swatch 😊
Norman, you are simply amazing! I so love ALL your tutorials. You're so awesome at explaining the good and bad of various techniques and resolutions where possible. Your tutorials have hoped me become a self-taught knitter, and to improve with each one I watch. I just wanted to say Thank You for encouraging the rest of us. Have a wonderful day!
You are very welcome 🙏
Norman! Your videos have been instrumental in my knitting. I would not know a quarter of the things I do without your videos. Thank you for the time and dedication you have put into your skills and these videos!
Wow, thank you!
Awesome 👍🏾❤️😀
My pleasure 🥰
Wow, this was mind blowing. This is definitely the best video about this knitting technique ... Thank you so much! ❤
You are very welcome, sandra. Thank you for the kind words ❤🧶
Great and clear and sharp. You're funny too. I always come back to your teachings. Thank you for your excellent teaching and super sharp videoing. So well done!
After watching many Arnie and Carlos videos, I do not at all believe that there is yarn dominance. According to them, as long as your tension is even, no color will be dominant over another. Therefore, I’m very careful with my tension (not too good yet, but I’m working on it) so that color dominance is not an issue. FairIsle is what they do. I do very much love your videos, but politely disagree on the dominance issue. Thank you for your great advice.
Okay, i really respect Arne and Carlos for everything they did for the knitting community. But the way they even joke about yarn dominance is so disrespectful and rude and it actually made be unfollow them. The way they knit, makes it less relevant (altho not totally). But not everyone does norwegian knitting and not everyone just knits in the round, and the very second you leave that path, yarn dominance starts to matter. And to joke about that just..i dunno..it's not how I see knitting and I would ever treat a fellow knitter. You don't laugh about someones problems and convinctions. It's very unbecoming :(
Yarn dominance is a very real thing for Continental and English knitters and very easy to explain (99% of the books explain it wrong, tho). I recently did a full Patreon exclusive episode about it: www.patreon.com/posts/advanced-fair-65706735
Also just a well-meant tip. Tension has literally nothing to do with yarn dominance.
Your tutorials are always so helpful and thorough. I know if I need to learn I come here! Thank you for your hard work!
Another excellent tutorial! I have been cautious about knitting Norwegian mittens because of my tension issues. You have given us more than three methods to be consistent with tension.
Thank you, rebecca ❤🧶
I wanted to thank you for this video. I'm about to knit my first cardigan and while I've knit fair isle before I've never done it flat so I feel so lucky that I found your video just before I started my second swatch!
Thank you so very much, Norman! ❤️
Thanks for all the various yarn techniques. I have made a number of stranded sweaters this past year and some were great and others pretty bad. I live in coastal California, so I end up doing cotton quite often, and it is harder to make color work look good. In fact my one cotton intarsia did look better than my cotton stranded, one of which got frogged and the other given away! I have a cotton stranded wip, hopefully your tips will give me the impetus to pick it up again.
I sure hope it will. But yeah, cotton is not the easiest thread to do fair isle with. Have you considered going for a cotton blend? There are quite some that are a little bit more fuzzy.
Love your tutorials. You explain very neat. Thank you.
Terrific video and demonstration. Thank you so much. I have a little yarn thimble. I didn’t know what it was for. Thank for that demonstration too.
You are very welcome. These thimbles can be used for quite a lot of things, actually. And this is one of them 😊🧶
Excellent info! I've done quite a bit of fair isle but I picked up some new tricks, thanks!
Yeah, this is more geared towards beginners. I wanted to add more tips and tricks but then I noticed the video was already long enough 🙈🙈
I always thought I had to pull the unused yarn when changing from one needle to another when knitting colourwork on dpns. Your explanation on keeping the floats loose instead makes so much sense. Pythagoras theorem!
Glad u understood that. Was unsure if it's a bit too mathematical. 🙈
Thank you! This is super helpful! I always have trouble controlling tension working on fair isle projects.
Yeah, it's the biggest issue for most. So, don't fret about it. All it takes is a bit of practice 😊🧶
Yeeeeeey this is what I wished for😁😁😁👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Very happy to hear that 😊
Intersting and informative video...however, what you demonstrated is STRANDED KNITTING...not Fair Isle. FAIR ISLE is a form -- a very SPECIFIC form of Stranded knitting. True fair isle depends on symmetry top and bottom and side to side with designated patterns: borders, perrie patterns, X's and O's, etc.... Indeed, Fair Isle is a form of strandedd knitting....but not all stranded knitting is Fair Isle!
Yes, about 100 years ago that was the case. These days, 90% of all knitters use both terms interchangeable. Language changes, I guess. And even knitting traditions.
Still swatchin 1x1 ribbing. Came across Carlos & Arne. So Now I'm doing the opposite. Twisted knit st, Norwegian purl. Gonna switch back to combination next and see what I think. I think twisting the knit exaggerates the longer purl bars. Twisting the purl maybe better in this case. Don't know if I'm supposed to be twisting both? Is that possible? Hm. What say you?
Hmm.. not sure if you ate over thinking stuff a bit and trying too much 😅
Thank you so much for the tips for using the knitting thimble. I got one after watching your double knitting videos but I was nervous to try it because I wasn't sure which color to use on which side or how to tension and now you've explained so well that I am going to try it! Love your videos!!
awesome. happy knitting!
For advanced knitters, you need a circular needle. Stat at the neck with your, main background colour, then knit your fair isle pattern as far as the top of the arms. Now transfer it to normal 2 knitting needles to continue to rest of the jumper./sweater. It give a particularly good fit and looks amazing, as your pattern, goes out from the neck, and is extra stunning because it 's not stitched - just one continuous knitted entity.
I always love your videos as you are so clear in your instructions, but, I have to take a couple of issues with part of this one. Colour dominance has nothing to do with which colour is dominant and everything to do with tension. If you talk to actual Fair Isle, Shetland, Icelandic, or Norwegian knitters who knit in colour work all the time they have no idea what this North American thing called 'colour dominance' is. They switch colours and knit from either side without any difference, because they never lose tension. Arne and Carlos have a good video on this and, as they are both Norwegian professional knitters, they are a good example.
My other issue if the reference to 'English' knitting. It is not English, it is UK. All the four nations of the UK knit in the same way, it is not limited to the English. I do wish i could master the continental style as it would be useful, but I end up in a spider's web every time I try.....even with your instructions :)
I have seen arne and Carlos video where they joke about color dominance in a very condescending way. Was quite cringe worthy, to say the least.
Color dominance has to do with the way floats cross and absolutely nothing with tension. Due to arne and Carlos techniques, they don't experience it..or rather...it's always the same half leg that gets drawn below with every color change on ALL sides.
Either way, if you want to know more about the science behind it, i have a video on patreon that explains it in much greater detail.
Suffice to say, anyone who thinks tension would fix color dominance just doesn't understand knitting a lot, yet. No problem. But i'd be very careful to berate others over it. Comes across a bit weird 🙈
I am so glad you made this video. I have always steered clear of Fair Isle because I was too intimidated. I think I can try it now.
I sure hope you will, Cleo!
Thank you! Great tips. I see that it will take a lot of practice for me 😅
Hallo norman.
Vielen Dank, für die ausführliche erklärung. Der tipp, die maschen immer nach rechts zu schieben (streching) ist gold wert.
Ich werde nochmal üben gehen. Ich denke auch, so ein fingerhut für die fadentrennung ist eine investition wert. Das sieht für mich (als fair isle anfänger) mit fingerhut einfacher aus.
Vielen Dank, für deine Geduld und Mühe. Ein klasse video!!!
Liebe Grüße
Susann
Ist es ehrlich gesagt auch. Und von Prym gibst die Dinger für 2,50 oder so. Also nicht wirklich eine Investition 😊🤣
Nach zwei Jahren hast Du bestimmt das Dingen schon besorgt. Ich kam mit dem so gar nicht klar. In einem anderen Video geshen: ein Ringfinger Ring passt bei mir supergut auf die Zeigefingerkuppe und hält mit Stein die Fäden schön auseinander, und klemmt sie perfekt gerade so ein bisschen ein, dass minimal, aber nicht gar keine Spannung, da ist. UND ist viel hübscher als das Dingen. 😊
Wenn ich die Maschen einmal über und einmal unter den mitlaufenden Faden stricke, also alle floats catche (no floats), ist das Ergebnis erstaunlich stretchy und vor allem ultraneat und hübsch auf der Rückseite. (bei einer Norweger Jacke sieht man ja öfter die Innenseite)
Begeisterung pur!!
Bin durch unzählige Videos, aber fand beide Fäden rechts oder einen je Hand. Oder nur rechte Maschen. Hätte mal lieber gleich bei Norman gesucht. Veni, vidi, stricki!!
Love your instructions, they’re clear, easy to follón and charming. My first “Fair Isle” (more intarsia with lots of Long flotas to tuck on their way though) project that will not look so much “charmingly self-made” 🙂 i remember will my first steps in knitting intarsia back in early high school days and that is more than 35 years ago (damn, I’m getting old!). Those were “Keith Haring” figures dancing around the lower end of a pullover and as it was back in the 1980s, the pullover had to be black and the figures were neon. LOL 😆
Exactly what I needed exactly when I needed it as I change to Continental knitting to tackle Ann Feld's Eternity Shawl (never mind the other two projects I started this year). But my burning question is - what is the brand of your lovely golden fountain pen? I am pretty sure I require one.
that's a Lamy
not sure if they currently still offer the golden version
Fair Isle and colorwork are not interchangeable terms... This is not Fair Isle. I understand what you're trying to teach, but you should know the difference.
yes...up until 50 years ago, Fair Isle knitting was a name used for a regional pattern variety of stranded knitting. These days and in every day speach, 99% of all knitters use it interchangeably - especially as the traditional designs and knitters on the Shetland Islands came to encompass a broader range of colors (barely anyone knits with natural dyes anymore) and do bridge more than 4 stitches as well.
Language changes, and so does knitting. My video reflects that.
Thanks for the help! I'm hoping this makes my project less lumpy lol. I was catching the string every stitch and I don't know, things looked weird and not flat at all. Of course I found THREE patterns of colorwork I want to do 😅 lol wish me luck guys!
I'm an absolute beginner, and I think there is one crucial thing missing from this video: how do you even start a new project with not one but two strands of yarn? 🤷♂
maybe this will help: ruclips.net/video/dmFU59ELIlg/видео.html
typically you cast-on using one color only and then join in the second color in the first row.
Thanks so much for thtis video. It is very helpful and informative.
Thanks a lot for helpful hints - makes working much easier. Suppose the consumption of material is about 80-100 % higher using this technique depending on the pattern, isn't it? But looks so cute!
yeah. I mean, I am not sure about the percentage and it's probably closer to 60 - 70 percent but it does use a lot more yarna nd the fabric will be much thicker as well.
I'm trying my best to learn this and I keep getting back to your videos for guidens. My issue is that one of the strands gets very loose after knitting a few stitches with the other one. It's as if that one is dragging it along. What I mean is the tension of the strand i'm not currently using is suddenly very loose so that I have to fix the tension all the time. Very annoying. If you understand what I mean, then I'm wondering if you perhaps have a suggestion? I wish I could show you somehow :)
Let's say you are knitting with your blue yarn. And both strands are well tensioned when you start. You knit 4 stitches with blue and suddenly you notice that the green one has lost it's tension while you where knitting. I don't have tension problems with just one strand, but with two, they seem to affect each other when wrapped around my fingers, like in the video.
I have one of those finger-items as well that has never really been used. I will try that as well. Purling is still a mystery too :) Can you hold it like above while purling as well?
i totally understand and your explanation is perfectly acute. So yes, you are somewhat dragging the yarn along. this is one reason why some people knit with either yarn held in a different hand. So left hand does continental, right hand does english knitting. THat would be the solution.
In traditional fair isle, you only knit 3 max 4 stitches in one color, so it typically never is a big issue, at least not for me.
And yes, you can use the finger rings for purling as well.
Great video. Unfortunately knitting thimbles, nor the way you suggest of wrapping the yarn around your finger, work for people who pick the yarn from close to the finger (in the way taught by Arne and Carlos, for example)
That's certainly true but ...well it's a bit like saying a knitting sheath does nothing for portugese knitting 😅 different styles require different adjustments and my channel is focused on continental knitting 🤷♂️ besides, the second knitting thimble I show works for Norwegian style knitting.
Hopefully this question makes sense 😅 so when you're doing the steps with your needle, is that the stitch that's actually attaching the yarn in the back or is it the next regular stitch? Lol. So for example I want to go only 4 stitches before attaching, so I'd go "Knit, Knit, Knit, Knit with twisty needle steps, Knit and new bump in the back attaching yarn"
I am not sure I understand the question or the context of it.
But the first stitch in the new color will also trap the color of the other yarn in the back and "attach" it.
Thank you, Norman! I’ve just finished my first successful stranded colourwork project and I am so excited for my next. Previously I’ve only tried mittens as I thought a small project was a good idea, but double pointed needles was definitely not a good idea. I ended up with one mitten that was too small and one that was gigantic. But now I implemented a lot of your tips and made a gorgeous jumper for a four year old in my family. I can’t wait for her to wear it.
Great video! I think this is actually the first good video that shows purling in fair isle including the twisting of stitches when turning your work. I don’t think I seen than explained anywhere yet.
Also, maybe I’m confused but when you talk about yarn dominance, the bottom row of 3white stitches that recede a little you said white was dominant. I thought the dominant would be the one not receding?
white was the dominant color for the top samples.
Curious. Does anyone else use both hands when knitting fair isles? I put one color in my right hand and the other in my left.
I know he brought this up, but I’ve never tried putting two colors in one hand 🤷🏻♀️
lot's of people do that. Most people end up with a mixed gauge but if that doesn't concern you, then nothing whatsoever speaks against it under normal circumstances. My channel is about continental knitting, tho.
I don't know if it's because I knit with one colour in each hand but after extensive tests, it doesn't work for me switching colour to respect colour dominance while knitting flat. I need to always have the same colour in my left hand and the same colour in my right hand. I'm just commenting in case it helps someone else. I know that you are a continental knitter!
Norman, I have knitted several fair isle sweaters, but I hate the jog every beginning of the round! I have slipped the first stitch and it looks ugly. Is there anyway to disguise that ugly jog, please?
You cannot totally avoid that..You can, however, disguise it. I have avideo on knitting jogless stripes here on yt. Maybe watch that.
Just before 16:40 timestamp your green yarn is on top and the blue yarn on the bottom untwisted. But when you get to 16:40 somehow the green is now behind the blue yarn when you go to catch it. I cannot figure out how that's possible?? Am I missing something??? ❤️❤️❤️
well, you could always play the video in slow motion (hit the settings button). maybe this will help. Other than that, I can't really do more than show you how I do it ;-)
Thank you for sharing your Fair Isle knowledge, so I can avoid some mistakes now😉Greetings from the Austrian mountains❣
Thank you Norman, I'm sure I'll revisit this video many, many times.
Take care xx
Your welcome to rewatch as many times...and make sure to ask your questions should any arise 😊❤
@@NimbleNeedles thank you, you're too kind.
not me sitting here panicking about how to knit the back side while holding the yarn in front... thank you for reminding me that i will in fact be purling the wrong side! 🤦♀ lol
Thank you for such a detailed video!!! I am new to fair isle knitting, and I have a question: since you are trying to keep the tension loose especially between dpns, won't that create a ladder?
well, I guess if you keep it too loose that will happen. So...you kind of need to experiement around a bit.
As a beginner, you might try the traveling magic loop technique where this is not an issue.
I love that you hold your yarn crochet-style like me!
I avoid purling by switching hands. 👐
Wish I had seen this before doing my first multicolour sweater 😅 the yoke bunched up a bit because I wasn't used to doing the colour changes
Conversely, Would you also recommend knitting colorwork one needle size up from body of pattern which is stockinette?
yes, I would totally recommend that. Or rather...sometimes it's better to use a size lower for the stockientte stitch. YOu don't want your fair isle to be too loose.
Thank you, the beginner knitalong group on Ravelry is doing stranded colourwork mittens this month and I'm very glad for the advice. Trying to deal with two different yarns at the same time feels very much like being a complete beginner at knitting all over again.
How to make something simple way more complicated.
well, if you have an easier way to teach this, go ahead and share your thoughts or maybe record a video yourself. The knitting world needs more diversity!
No no, this is the easiest way I've seen. I will definitely be using this technique. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
totally agree, jts as bad as continental knitting
@@BritClipscontinental knitting is so much easier than English 😂😂😂😂
Your videos are clear, intelligent and wonderful.
I have a suggestion. I often hear how "simple" certain techniques are. This is often not true for me. I need a lot of practice with anything new. Saying how simple things are is misleading for most of us new to the new technique.
then you misunderstand me. The technique IS simple but of course that doesn't mean that you built up enough knitting muscle memory that it's simple for you yet. So, it's more like a "it's that simple, here, let me take you buy the hand and we'll do it step by step and you'll learn it in no time" kind of encouragement. And judging from previous comments here on my channel, that's how the majority of users perceive it as well.
Not saying your feedback isn't valid. Just trying to make you understand why I say it. Our brain works in strange ways, and telling somebody something is complicated will instantly set them on a more difficult path because they brain enters a different mode.
This was the only good colorwork video with purl stitches for continental knitters. I tried the thimble and must say I love knitting with both yarns in the left hand but the purl stitches were giving me so many problems. Thank you soo much!!!
Wow. Fantastic explanation as usual, Norman. It will still be quite some time before I attempt Fair Isle. 😂
I knitted since 10 years old. I'm a 3rd generation knitter .how is the stretch? I ❤️ Love 💡. I'm 64 years young.
What do you mean by "how is the stretch?" I mean, beyond what I said in the video...🤔
This is completely unrelated, though I do often use and refer others to your videos for knitting tips. Is that a Lamy and which brand of ink do you use??
yah it is..i am actually using the lamy ink cartridges
That's an idea to knit fair isle twohanded. I am proficient in continental knitting but have always knitted fair isle in the english style because I found it quicker than changing the yarn continental style. So twohanded will speed up the knitting. Thanks for the instruction.
That's my knitting, "beyond redemption"! Lol.
Gracias por compartir tus ténicas de tejidos. Saludos 🇨🇱🌷🙋♀️
I personally use a knitting thimble. i can keep the tension better this one. I lose tension in one color, when rapped around my index finger.
Oh my word you did it I made the request for you to do a Fair Isle tutorial thank you so much 😊 💖
My pleasure, diane! 🥰🧶
Thank you so much for this informative tutorial! I just purchased yarn for my first fair isle project and it was as if you were sensing my fear. The calm and kind way that you explain everything has made me confident and ready to cast on. Thank you.
Very happy to hear that ❤🧶
THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY WELL EXPLANATION OF FAIR ISLES…….. ❤🎉😊
Seriously? I have been SO afraid of Fair Isle. Not any more! Thank you
Would be helpful to show not using continental method of knitting. In Canada we use the English method to knit. Thank you.
That I sadly cannot do, sorry. But there are tons of tutorials out there who do that. I'm sure you'll find something that fits.
(PS: I have a lot of loyal fans from Canada who do knit continental ;-))
It seems like you don't want us to see the complete purling process. You just talk and talk, but don't show it! baaahhhhh
Starting from 15:25 you can clearly see how I purl. What else do you want to see?